I often wonder what significant anniversaries are due at some point in the future as some of them might be of interest as triggers for blog posts or visits somewhere. However, it is often difficult to find out quickly what events have significant anniversaries - hence this section on the website.
By "significant anniversaries", I mean dates that are not, for example, the 73rd anniversary of something, but the 50th, 100th, 200th etc.
It should help to flag up interesting events.
Significant anniversaries during February 2013
| Anniversary | Details |
| 1st | Rupert Murdoch announces that a Sunday edition of The Sun newspaper, The Sun on Sunday, will be launched "very soon", effectively replacing the News of the World which was axed last summer due to the phone hacking scandal. Its launch is confirmed on 19 February for the following weekend. (17th Feb 2012) |
| 1st | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, marking sixty years on the throne; only the second British monarch to do so. (6th Feb 2012) |
| 1st | Ash dieback fungus first found in the British Isles. (1st Feb 2012) |
| 5th | An earthquake with an epicentre in Lincolnshire was felt across most of Britain, with several buildings suffering substantial damage. (27th Feb 2008) |
| 5th | A jury at Ipswich Crown Court found Steve Wright, 49, guilty of murdering five prostitutes during late 2006. (21st Feb 2008) |
| 10th | Rowan Williams enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. (27th Feb 2003) |
| 10th | The London congestion charge, a fee levied on motorists travelling within designated parts of central London, comes into operation. (17th Feb 2003) |
| 10th | In London, more than 2,000,000 people demonstrate against the Iraq War, the largest demonstration in UK history. (15th Feb 2003) |
| 50th | The Labour Party elects 46-year-old Harold Wilson as its new leader, and Leader of the Opposition. (14th Feb 1963) |
| 60th | James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce that they have discovered the structure of the DNA molecule. (28th Feb 1953) |
| 60th | The rationing of sweets, introduced during World War II, ends. (5th Feb 1953) |
| 70th | Nuffield Foundation established by William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield. (13th Feb 1943) |
| 75th | BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot" (11th Feb 1938) |
| 90th | Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. (16th Feb 1923) |
| 100th | News reaches London of the failure of Capt. Scott's 1912 Polar expedition. (10th Feb 1913) |
| 125th | The first issue of the Financial Times goes on sale. (originally launched on 9 January by Horatio Bottomley as the London Financial Guide). (13th Feb 1888) |
| 150th | The fire extinguisher is patented. (10th Feb 1863) |
| 250th | French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain. (10th Feb 1763) |
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